Lymphocytes are white blood cells that make up part of the adaptive immune system.
Detailed description
Lymphocytes comprise B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes and natural killer cells. They define the specificity of the immune response towards infectious microorganisms and foreign substances.
More than half of the world's population is infected with the cytomegalovirus. The majority of people don't even notice the infection, since their immune systems keep the virus in check. Groups of T
Alongside developing vaccines, scientists at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) are working at high speed to develop new drugs to improve the treatment of COVID-19 patients. A DZIF
The vaccine rVSV-EBOV is currently used in the fight against Ebola virus. Since 2018, more than 200,000 people have been vaccinated. However, how the vaccine actually works was only partially known
Christina Zielinski always wanted to become a doctor, but then research got hold of her, or, more precisely, human T cells did. Christina Zielinski has been focusing on these major players in the
